Cyril Alexander Walker (1939–6 May 2009) was a British palaeontologist, curator of fossil birds in the Natural History Museum. He was also interested in fossil turtles.[1]
Walker joined the Museum in 1958 and spent his entire career there, becoming curator in 1985.[1]
Walker's most noteworthy finding was his recognition of a new subclass of fossils birds, the Enantiornithes.[1]
Together with David Ward, he co-authored a best selling[2] book, Smithsonian Handbook of Fossils. He has also contributed to many other books, including Garden Birds[3], Field Guide to British Birds, Birds of the World, Nature Notebooks,[4] and others.[5]